I think this is the group that works with the US, and a few other countries. Each one has a sector of the Arabian Sea and Persian gulf.
I doubt it was spec ops, just the daily ship searches. I can't remember how many those guys do in a day, but it can be several. > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Timothy J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: UK's troops being seized.. > > Small boat raids and the Brits you're either talking about the SBS or > the Royal Marines. That means there very well could have been a covert > op going on, but the Brits are pretty responsive when their guys are > captured, they have even paid ransom to return some, unlike our > government. > > Also, I'd say that their government has higher levels of certainty when > it undertakes an operation than ours does. I'm thinking the Iranians > screwed the pooch here. Also, let's not forget their military units > don't have the same solid chain of command ours does. Local units do > sometimes do "rouge" ops. I know Iranians crossed into Afghanistan > several times. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231222 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
